Along the Natchez Trace

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Jasia of Creative Gene is once again sponsoring the Carnival of Genealogy, the 120th! This month's them is Business and Commerce, the challenge is:

Did someone in your family own a small business? Was there a favorite clothing store, ice cream shop, shoe store, restaurant, gas station, etc. that your family frequented? Did you operate a lemonade stand when you were a child? This time around we are going to be researching small businesses and recording family memories of such.

I have decided to use this month's Carnival to put the spotlight on one of my father's entrepreneurial escapades. He owned several business over his lifetime, he even dabbled a bit in real estate. One of his dabbles resulted in a woodworking company he called, Carolina Woodworks Company. He called his company a producer of "Heirloom Wood Desirables". Now, he did not personally make any of these delightful little pieces, he had a very talented man hired for that. I do remember he loved the equipment, the process, the smell of the wood.

So, without further ado, these are most of the pieces that I have found tucked in around my home, the inventory, as it were:

Paper Towel Holder

Left and below: A child's toy, the game is to get the teddy to climb from the bottom to the top by pulling on the strings on each side.

Hanging candle stick holders

Baby pull toy, every child needs a green frog!

Wooden pill boxes, or trinket holders with painted lids.

The race car drivers.

The rest of the fleet of vehicles.

Train and camping trailer.

Whale

Family of ducks. VERY yellow ducks!

Gotta have a lot of whales, just cause.

The Angel

I value these delightful wooden pieces, toys and decorative items my father's little business produced. Yes, to me they are heirlooms and desirable, just like my father, the entrepreneur, said.

Another great article, Carol! I'm glad you mentioned that the business was located in South Carolina in your comment because I was going to ask how your dad came up with the name for his company. I love seeing all your treasures. Thanks for sharing your story in the COG. I'm sure your dad would be honored to be so fondly and proudly remembered!

I don't especially love frogs but I suspect he's one of the most fun to play with (along with the climbing bear). I'm imagining the frog's back moving up and down as his back legs move along. Your father is no doubt pleased to know you've kept all these things. Treasures for sure.

Count

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Am I a genealogist or a family historian?

Well, both of course, how can you be one without the other?

A family historian depends on the genealogist to supply the facts.

A genealogist depends on the family historian to tell the stories.

Genealogist, family historian, I am one in the same.

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Favorite sayings

" Living on Earth isn't cheap, but it does include a yearly free trip around the sun." (Source unknown.)

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

"The only difference between a rut and a grave...is the depth."

Chinese proverb: "To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."

"I sure wish they sold memory sticks for humans...I could use an upgrade."

"Don't let procrastination be your primary time management skill."

"If you are normal....no one will listen, If you're deranged....they will make you their leader."

"You're just jealous that the voices are talking to ME!"

"I'm quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service." (From George E. Woodberry)

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand." (From Henri Nouwen)

"Don't go where the road leads, rather go where there is no road and make a trail."

"Broken hearts are what give us strength, understanding and compassion."